It is no exaggeration to say that sport is the universal human language. Its role as an ambassador for peace is extremely important, in particular when it is endowed with the noble traditions of the Olympic Truce. The importance we attach to raising future generations in a culture of peace, non-viol…
We are pleased to welcome you today to the Council, Sir.
The best guarantee of ensuring the successful execution of reforms in the areas of security and the rule of law in post-conflict countries is achieving solid peace, a broad national consensus and sustainable development. There can be no quest…
Russia has consistently called for greater involvement by the United Nations in addressing the challenges facing Africa. We firmly believe that without the active, full-fledged engagement of African countries in international affairs it will be impossible to launch fruitful cooperation on a global s…
Madam, I wish you success in your work as President of the Security Council for this month. We would also like to thank Ambassador Salam and the entire Lebanese delegation for their outstanding work in September, which was not easy.
It is clear that the result of today’s vote reflects not so much a…
We thank Mr. De Mistura for his analysis of the situation in Afghanistan and welcome the statement of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Mr. Zalmai Rassoul. Allow me through him, to express our deep condolences to the Government and the people of Afghanistan for the killing on 20 Septe…
This year the session of the General Assembly is opening at a time when international relations are in a state of turbulence. The Middle East and North Africa have gone through a period of large- scale changes, and the situation is volatile in certain other parts of the world. We have not yet been a…
The Lebanese initiative to convene a Council meeting is dedicated to one of the most important challenges of global politics today. The current state of international relations, as failure to resolve long- standing conflicts and the emergence of hotbeds of instability have aggravated the threat to g…
In Russia as in the rest of the world, non-communicable diseases are the main cause of morbidity and mortality. They pose a threat to everyone’s health and constitute a key macroeconomic and political factor affecting the development of society.
For the Russian Federation, the health of its citizen…
We would like to thank Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights Council, for introducing the reports on the work of the Council (A/66/53 and A/66/53/Add.1).
The establishment of the Human Rights Council was an important milestone in the ongoing reform of the United Nations. Changing …
We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fernandez Amunategui for his briefing on the situation in Haiti.
In spite of the difficult challenges faced by the country, it is encouraging that its leadership and people, with the active support of the international community, ha…
The Russian Federation supported resolution 2009 (2011), just adopted, based on our policy of addressing the issue of rebuilding post-war Libya exclusively under the auspices of the United Nations and the Security Council.
The main task of the United Nations mission established today will be to sup…
We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Augustine Mahiga for his briefing on the situation in Somalia and for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/549). We are also grateful to the new Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), …
We thank the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Permanent Representative of Columbia Néstor Osorio, for his briefing on the work of the Committee over the past three months. The Committee has worked actively in the reporting period in strict compliance with its ma…
We are grateful to Mr. Zarif for presenting the Secretary-General’s report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2011/514). We welcome the participation in this meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, and we share …
We would like to join in condemning the criminal terrorist actions carried out today in Abuja, which we condemn unconditionally and steadfastly. We express sincere condolences to the Nigerian delegation and through it to the Government of Nigeria to the families of the bereaved, and to all staff of …
The Russian Federation voted in favour of resolution 2003 (2011). We believe that the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) plays an important stabilizing role in that region of the Sudan. The Russian Federation views UNAMID as an integral component of a Darfur settlement.…
I will try to be brief, given the time constraints.
We are pleased to again welcome here the Force Commanders of the United Nations peacekeeping missions. It is heartening to see this kind of dialogue, which was initially proposed by the Russian Federation last year during its presidency of the Cou…
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as Chair of the Security Council meeting. We thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his substantive briefing on developments in the regional situation. We regret to note the intransigence in the Middle East sett…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his statement, and to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Mr. Steiner, for his assessment.
Russia has always viewed combating global climate change as a priority area for international cooperation. We hav…
Allow me to congratulate His Excellency Vice-President Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon and, through him, the people of South Sudan on their proclamation of independence and the creation of an independent and sovereign State.
With respect to the status of the State of South Sudan, Russia has steadfastly ma…
